Pipe holder



W. A. SIGRIST Oct. 28, 1952 PIPE HOLDER File'd March 5, 1950 William 4- Sign'sf Patented Get. 28, 1952 cm" OFFICE j PIPE HOLDER William A. Sigrist, Madison, Wis. Application March 3, 1950, Serial No. 147,459

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a device for removably retaining smoking pipes and tobacco especially designed for use in moving vehicles such as automotive vehicles, boats, and the like.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a holder which is atractive in appearance,

age or injury to the pipes.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pipe holder comprising forming a tobacco pouch-receiving chamber at the bottom of said housing, a plurality of spaced vertical spacer plates between the top wall and the partition forming compartments, and resilient means in each of said compartments for removably retaining the stems of pipes therein.

These together with various ancillary objects and features of the invention which will later become apparent as the following description proceeds, are attained by the device, a preferred embodiment of which has been illustrated by way of example only in the accompanying draw- Figure l is a perspective view of the holder;

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Figure 3; and

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line t3 of Figure 2.

Specific reference is now made to the drawings. In the several views ings and in the following specification similar reference characters indicate corresponding elements throughout.

The holder of the present invention is indicated generally at It and is a housing which may be fabricated of lightweight metals, plastics, or wood. The housing comprises side walls I2 and M, an inclined lower shelf 16 which is preferably upwardly and forwardly inclined for proper positioning on the dash of an automotive vehicle, and a top wall l8. Between the top and bottom walls and parallel to the former is a horizontal bottom wall 23 which is longer than the top for a reason soon to appear. To the rear edges of the side walls l2 and Hi, the inclined shelf 16 and the bottom wall 20 is secured a back wall 22 forming therewith a tobacco pouch-receiving compartment 24 open at its forward end. Appropriate brackets 2% may be attached to the side walls to secure the holder to the dash of the vehicle.

in the accompanying draw- The forward edge of the top wall is arcuated,

as shown clearly in Figure 2,

progressively shorter side walls [2 and arcuate recesses 28 adapted to engage the bowls 30 of smoking pipes 32. At the forward edge of the top wall between the recesses, a plurality of vertically extending, spaced parallel plates 34 are secured between the bottom wall 26 and top wall Hi to provide separate pipe-stem receiving compartments 36.

is positioned on and secured to the dash of an automatic vehicle in a manner readily understood. The pipe stems 46 are pushed into the compartments 36 to grippingly and releasably engage the bowed portions M of the leaf springs 38. The bowls 38 rest on the bottom wall 29 and also engage the recesses 28 of the top wall 18 to prevent rattling of the pipes in the holder as the vehicle moves. It is also evident that the holder can retain a number of pipes of different length.

It will be understood that the spaced parallel plates may be dispensed with and the holder reduced in dimensions to support only one pipe, it being further understood that the forward edge of the reduced top wall will be curved inwardly from the side walls 12 and Iito engage the bowl of the pipe just as the recesses 28 engage the plurality of pipe bowls. I

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein descnbed and the scope of the appended claim. Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A pipe holder comprising a housing including a top, bottom and side walls and having an open back, said bottom wall being longer than said top wall to provide a bowl supporting ledge, vertical spaced plates connecting said bottom and top walls and dividing the housing into a plurality of compartments, and an arcuate leaf spring in each compartment secured at one of to the inner surface of said top wall adjacent its forward edge and adapted to yieldingly retain a pipe stem in each compartment, the forward edge of said top wall between said plates including arcuate recesses for engaging pipe bowls to limit the lateral and inward movement of the pipes.

WILLIAM A. SIGRIST.

its ends 5 4 REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 147,895 Brower Feb. 24, 1874 877,671 Simmons Jan. 12, 1908 1,429,942 LiSkOW 12, 1922 1,436,475 Burnett Nov. 21, 1922 1,693,827 Stoltenberg Dec. 4, 1928 1,706,307 McCarthy Mar. 19, 1929 2,479,181 Pavlack Aug. 16, 1949 

